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  Title

  Auction catalogs collection, 1750-1983

  Author

   

  Pages:

  ca. 40

  Item info:

  1 copy available at Manuscripts and Special Collections.
  

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  • Holdings			Change Display
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    	Copy	Material	Location
    QC16542	1	BOOK	N (nocirc)

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  Auction catalogs collection, 1750-1983
  
  

  Control Number:

  QC16542

  Title:

  Auction catalogs collection, 1750-1983.

  Quantity:

  ca. 40 linear ft.

  Arrangement:

  Arranged alphabetically by name of auction house and chronologically therein.

  Additional phys form:

  Selective titles available on microfilm.

  Abstract:

  The auction catalogs collection, representing 69 auction houses, spans rare book-selling activity from 1750, with the majority dating from 1860 to 1938, and offers an historical view of the rare book business in America. The houses are primarily American, with a smattering of British, French and German houses. The auctions listed were primarily devoted to books, but a few were devoted to pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, manuscripts, autographs, bookplates, coins, stamps, paintings, and furniture.

  Provenance note:

  The collection was formed largely from catalogues that were used as acquisition tools by the New York State Library.

  Finding aids:

  Unpublished finding aid available in the repository and on the Internet.

  Preferred citation:

  [Identification of item], Auction Catalogs Collection, 1750-1983 (QC16542). Manuscripts and Special Collections Unit, New York State Library.

  Legal citations:

  Accession record--20 December 2007.

  Subject:

  Book auctions--United States Catalogs

  Subject:

  Book auctions--Great Britain Catalogs

  Subject:

  Book auctions--France Catalogs.

  Subject:

  Book auctions--Germany Catalogs.

  Subject:

  Auction catalogs.

  Subject:

  Books, catalogs.

  Electronic access:

  Finding aid: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/qc16542.htm